diff --git a/src/options.c b/src/options.c
index af0f07dd..1173a856 100644
--- a/src/options.c
+++ b/src/options.c
@@ -418,6 +418,7 @@ static void feh_parse_option_array(int argc, char **argv, int finalrun)
 		{"conversion-timeout" , 1, 0, 245},
 		{"version-sort"  , 0, 0, 246},
 		{"offset"        , 1, 0, 247},
+		{"center-window-on-resize", 0, 0, 249},
 		{0, 0, 0, 0}
 	};
 	int optch = 0, cmdx = 0;
@@ -795,6 +796,9 @@ static void feh_parse_option_array(int argc, char **argv, int finalrun)
 			opt.offset_flags = XParseGeometry(optarg, &opt.offset_x,
 					&opt.offset_y, (unsigned int *)&discard, (unsigned int *)&discard);
 			break;
+		case 249:
+			opt.center_window_on_resize = 1;
+			break;
 		default:
 			break;
 		}
diff --git a/src/options.h b/src/options.h
index 936b4bd1..2fe46c4c 100644
--- a/src/options.h
+++ b/src/options.h
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ struct __fehoptions {
 	double reload;
 	int sort;
 	int version_sort;
+	int center_window_on_resize;
 	int debug;
 	int geom_enabled;
 	int geom_flags;
diff --git a/src/winwidget.c b/src/winwidget.c
index fe0b505b..219fb208 100644
--- a/src/winwidget.c
+++ b/src/winwidget.c
@@ -817,6 +817,10 @@ void winwidget_resize(winwidget winwid, int w, int h, int force_resize)
 			winwid->x = tc_x;
 			winwid->y = tc_y;
 			XMoveResizeWindow(disp, winwid->win, tc_x, tc_y, winwid->w, winwid->h);
+		} else if (opt.center_window_on_resize) {
+			winwid->x = (scr_width  - winwid->w) / 2;
+			winwid->y = (scr_height - winwid->h) / 2;
+			XMoveResizeWindow(disp, winwid->win, winwid->x, winwid->y, winwid->w, winwid->h);
 		} else
 			XResizeWindow(disp, winwid->win, winwid->w, winwid->h);